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The Best Revenge
Stephen White
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Release Date: 2003-02-04 |
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Tom Clone's stay on death row is over, thanks to new evidence uncovered by Kelda James, a young FBI agent whose efforts on Clone's behalf have not exactly endeared her to her colleagues. Referred by that same agent to psychologist Alan Gregory, Clone is struggling to adapt to life outside prison. But others who believe he got off on a technicality don't agree that the former medical student deserves his freedom, and they will go to any lengths to make sure he's punished accordingly for the crime of which he was once accused. There are some surprising plot twists here, but more interesting is Gregory's midlife crisis and his declining interest in his work: as his partner responds when he voices doubts about his efficacy as a therapist, "Those are the bricks we lay. If you've started hating the bricks, maybe it's time to reconsider being a brick layer." Certainly Gregory gets himself into more sinister and frightening scrapes than most shrinks, and this is one of his strangest cases. The Best Revenge is a solid, well-reasoned thriller, set in the marvelously drawn Colorado landscape the author has made his own, with guest appearances by minor figures familiar to readers of this increasingly popular psychological suspense series. --Jane Adams
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In a riveting new novel of psychological suspense, Stephen White shines a brilliant light on the darkness that hides just beneath the surface of ordinary lives, on the fears that cripple us and the prisons we create --prisons of the body, mind, and spirit. A thriller of runaway tension, taps into our most closely guarded fears, taking us on a harrowing journey into a realm of terror and pain, of love gone wrong and vengeance gone mad.
The Best Revenge
Psychologist Alan Gregory is living through a season of discontent. With a new daughter, a wonderful wife, and a prospering career, he has little to complain about and lots of regrets: past cases that won’t let him go, patients who don’t get better, and a growing unease with keeping secrets. But Gregory has two new patients who will drag him out of his introspection--and dare him to enter a storm of
injustice and revenge.
FBI special agent Kelda James is a hero, a woman who as a rookie agent made a choice, drew her gun, and saved a life, taking another. Now Kelda is hiding from the world a secret pain that is gradually crippling her body--and she has turned to Alan Gregory to help free her from the prison of her pain. Then Kelda refers a patient to Gregory, who is terrifyingly dangerous to them both.
Tom Clone served thirteen years on Colorado’s death row for a crime he claimed he didn’t commit--until an FBI agent dug up evidence that set him free. The agent’s name: Kelda James. With both Kelda and Clone telling him their innermost secrets, Alan Gregory becomes the one person who can piece together an extraordinary puzzle--of two unsolved violent deaths of vulnerable women, of a man who may be innocent or may be very lucky, and of the strange, fatal attraction between two people trapped in a horrific plot to get revenge--at any price.
A thriller that delivers a stunning body-blow of a surprise ending, captures lives colliding at unpredictable angles, probing the dangerous lies people tell to each other and themselves. In this astonishing work by a novelist at the height of his powers, Stephen White brilliantly blends thrilling action and breakneck pacing with unrivaled insight into the human mind, heart, and psyche.
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Psychologist Alan Gregory is living through a season of discontent. With a new daughter, a wonderful wife, and a prospering career, he has little to complain about and lots of regrets: past cases that won't let him go, patients who don't get better, and a growing unease with keeping secrets. But Gregory has two new patients who will drag him out of his introspection—and dare him to enter a storm of injustice and revenge.
FBI special agent Kelda James is a hero, a woman who as a rookie agent made a choice, drew her gun, and saved a life, taking another. Now Kelda is hiding from the world a secret pain that is gradually crippling her body—and she has turned to Alan Gregory to help free her from the prison of her pain. Then Kelda refers a patient to Gregory, who is terrifyingly dangerous to them both.
Tom Clone served thirteen years on Colorado's death row for a crime he claimed he didn't commit—until an FBI agent dug up evidence that set him free. The agent's name: Kelda James. With both Kelda and Clone telling him their innermost secrets, Alan Gregory becomes the one person who can piece together an extraordinary puzzle—of two unsolved violent deaths of vulnerable women, of a man who may be innocent or may be very lucky, and of the strange, fatal attraction between two people trapped in a horrific plot to get revenge—at any price.
A thriller that delivers a stunning body-blow of a surprise ending, captures lives colliding at unpredictable angles, probing the dangerous lies people tell to each other and themselves. In this astonishing work by a novelist at the height of his powers, Stephen White brilliantly blends thrilling action and breakneck pacing with unrivaled insight into the human mind, heart, and psyche.
Customer Reviews:
Not Perfect, But Good Regardless.......2007-10-06
The Best Revenge is #11 in Stephen White's Alan Gregory series. While for me it wasn't the best, it certainly was good. The plot seemed a little contrived and took a while to pull together. But all in all, very good and I look forward to the next one.
Always A Winner.......2007-01-09
Both my husband and I always enjoy reading works by Stephen White. I think we've read everything he has written... It's like watching a weekly series on TV because you get to know all the same characters so well.
His novels are always page turners that keep you interested to the very end!
I only regret that due to arthritis in my hands, I have to wait for the paperback version each time a new one comes out.
One of his weaker efforts.......2006-12-30
I've read three of his books, and this is easily the worst. Storylines are never a strength in his works, and that is most obvious here, where the ending looks like something he just pulled out of his rear end when he couldn't come up with anything better.
The strength of his books for me has always been Gregory, his relationships, and his practise. Those elements take a backseat in this book to featuring some other characters who, I hope, we won't see again in other novels.
You won't miss anything if you give this one a pass.
Excellent, but.......2006-03-30
This is a very good (5 star) mystery, with twists right 'til the end. BUT, the reader has an annoying habit of dropping his voice for what I suppose he thinks is an appropriately dramatic delivery. It turns out to be just irritating and hard to hear.
One of the Best Books I've Read in a While!.......2006-02-07
I had never heard of Stephen White before seeing this book on the shelf but I will definitely be on the lookout for his previous or future work. Although a bit unrealistic in parts, this great page turning adventure with short chapters that make it easy to temporarily put down when you reluctantly have to do so is a great light read.
The Best Revenge follows the life of Tom Clone who had spent years on death row and just as his appeals were running out the murder weapon used on the victim turned up with someone else's blood on it. Now a free man Tom Clone has to live in a society where a lot of people don't believe in his innocence, which includes the local cops where the murder happened. The FBI agent Kelda James, who received the anonymous tip off of the location of the knife picks him up from the prison at the request of his lawyer and is the only friend Tom has. It is not long before at his grandfather's insistence Tom asks Kelda to recommend a good psychologist. Half asleep she recommends hers, Alan Gregory and immediately regrets it. Gregory becomes privy to a lot of information from his client which ethically he cannot tell anyone else but if he keeps quiet and does nothing will almost certainly result in more death.
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The best revenge.......2001-12-02
I read this novel because I bought Sol Stein's book "On writing" and wanted to know if he really knew what he was talking about. I wanted to see if he practiced what he preached so to speak. Well I was rewarded with a heck of a good read. I was really left wondering why I had never heard of him before. This novel is really great.
For me it is the characters. Their voices are so strong and vibrant. I liked every one. And not a one of them sounds the same. The plot was great too but the characters really make the book. I love them.
When I finished this book I went right back to "on writing" and read it again. This time secure in the knowledge I was learning from a master of his craft.
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A boxed set of three books (The Clique #1, The Clique #2: Best Friends for Never, The Clique #3: Revenge of the Wannabes) in the New York Times bestselling series.
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Dial L for Loser.......2007-09-17
I thought the book was very interesting. It made you want to keep reading. This book was my favorite so far in the series but it left you hanging in the end I can't wait til I get to read the next one. Lisi Harrison is a great writer for teens.
Sealed with a Diss.......2007-09-10
This book was absolutley fabulous. I love how Lisi Harrison keeps you on the edge and anticipating the next word (or in Massie's case, a clever comeback!) These books are fun filled and action packed, a great read for anyone 10 or older. I recomend this series to everyone, and I cannot wait for the next book!
More More MORE!.......2007-08-17
I loved this book, but I hated the fact that it ended like it did and the next one doesn't come out til next year. That sux! But the book itself was )as most cliques are) drama filled and intense. The life of an alpha is so not as great as it seems. And the poor girls and their crushes I mean you have GOT to feel sorry for them.
This story takes you on a journey that ended quite abrubtly, and will begin again in February 2008!!! Man I can't wait!!!!!♥
Another ah-mazing Clique book!.......2007-08-06
I have really enjoyed ALL of the books in the Clique series. I am a middle school teacher, and have shared my love of reading with many girls via the Clique books. These books are perfect for a hesistant reader- they are so engaging and fun to read. They are also age-appropriate, unlike some other series that are marketed to young girls.
Massie and the Pretty Committee do not disappoint in the 8th book of this series. The dialog is snappy as always, and left me looking forward to the 9th book!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-07-30
this is my favorite book out of the clique series so far. i'm not going to tell you what happened but it's a real cliff hanger. anyway it's a great book and i gaurantee that you won't want to put the book down.
Customer Reviews:
Or, variety is the spice of life.......2003-11-08
Burros offers good, low-fat meals designed to be on the table in 20 to 30 minutes. Organized traditionally by main-dish ingredient (vegetarian, chicken, etc.) each two-page spread includes a full meal, main and side dish, with "game plan" directions and nutritional information. Burros stresses a "strategic approach" to cooking to maximize kitchen efficiency and her directions are simple and easy to follow.
The dishes are simple and delicious and varied - curried potatoes, tomatoes and peas; yellow fruited rice with fish, Chinese chicken and rotini, turkey apple patties.
Perfect for the harried cook, sick of eating the same things all the time.
Eating Well Is the Best Revenge: Everyday Strategies for Del.......2001-06-21
Of all of my "healthy cooking" cookbooks, this is the one I'd save from fire! The food is truly delicious, and they are easy to prepare. I generally find I increase the sauce quantities, but there is not an appreciable increase in calories. My husband and I have each lost over 20 pounds this year, slowly and easily, with great enjoyment. I got online to order this book as a present for a friend who survived a heart attack, and am sorry to find it not available! Does anyone have a copy to spare? Probably not now, with this glowing review!
I love this cookbook!.......2000-03-02
I've had this book over a year now and keep going back to it for easy, healthy and most importantly quick recipes. With it, I'm able to serve a variety of meals yet not spend the afternoon cooking them.
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In this enchanting memoir, New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins re-creates the privileged world of Gerald and Sara Murphy, two American originals who found themselves at the center of a charmed circle of artists and expatriate writers in France in the 1920s. Their home in Antibes, Villa America, served as a gathering place for Picasso and Léger as well as Hemingway and Fitzgerald, who used the glamorous couple as models for Dick and Nicole Diver in
Tender Is the Night. A bestseller when it first appeared in 1971, Living Well Is the Best Revenge features sixty-nine intimate photographs collected from the Murphys' family album, along with reproductions
of several of Gerald Murphy's remarkable paintings--canvases that predate Pop Art by forty years.
"Living Well Is the Best Revenge is
a superb little study, alive with an elegance very much the Murphys'," said Nancy Mitford. Critic Russell Lynes found the book to be "at once a sharp and charming evocation of an era and a cast, mostly delightful, surely famous, and usually talented, written with an elegant balance between tongue in cheek and sympathy."
This Modern Library edition includes Calvin Tomkins's new Introduction and a rewritten last chapter.
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Good Things Come in Small Packages.......2006-08-18
As an avid and diehard Fitzgerald fan, I seek out any material that covers him, his circle, or the "Lost Generation" in general.
Though the book occupies less than two hundred pages, Tomkins does a fine job of making it feel warm and intimate. What's more, you get the privilege of learning about the Fitzgeralds, Hemingway, Cole Porter, Picasso and others. Gerald and Sara Murphy were a class act and lived life for no one but themselves. They seemed wonderfully down to earth and sympathetic to the situations of their friends and family. It seems they did indeed "write the book" on how to live right--The Fitzgeralds were said to have lived poorly on massive amounts of money while Gerald and Sara Murphy lived grandly on far less income; with them, it was not about appearances and pleasing society, but about family and togetherness.
This wonderful little biography spans the 1910's to the 1960's in a relatively short breath and perhaps my only complaint is that there is not more. I certainly turned the last page wanting for more. If you are interested at all in "The Lost Generation" or the modernist movement, you will adore this book. Theirs was an evanescent time, one worth reading about and dreaming about.
Living Well is the Best Revenge.......2003-02-07
This book had the subject matter worthy of a good book and I came away from this book feeling cheated. The author's research was very sketchy about Sara and Gerald Murphy -- I wanted to know so much more. I'm sure there is a better book out there on this interesting couple.
Nothing succeeds like success..........2002-01-09
This book truly proves that living well is really the best revenge.
Lives of Charm and Grace.......2000-07-29
It's been nearly 30 years since I read this book and I remember it with delight. Sara and Gerald Murphy made living an art form. Sure, it's fun that they knew the famous writers and artist of the age, but it is their love for each other, their children, and their homes that make them the interesting people we would all like to know. Heck, that we would all like to be. Tomkins, too, is an excellent writer who lent much insight and charm to the story.
A Fabulous Book.......1999-12-14
This is one of the most memorable books I've ever read, perfectly capturing the period and perils of that lost generation. Not only is the subject fascinating, but Calvin Tompkins' writing is beautiful and lyrical.
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Since 1996, Dagobert's Revenge Magazine has been a beacon to those seeking the light of the Holy Grail. Powerfully written, exhaustively researched, and totally unique, Dagobert's Revenge was the first and only magazine devoted to the emerging phenomenon of neo-Arcadian culture, breaking ground on many modern occult subjects. Mounted on a white horse poised for the future, Dagobert's Revenge has resolutely heralded the Arcadian Age. And now, the best articles from hard-to-find back issues are available in one volume. This is a treasure chest of invaluable arcane wisdom.
Articles include:
Who is This Man We Call Dagobert?
The Prieure de Sion: A Star-Studded Cast of Grand Masters
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Baphomet: The Severed Head that Wouldn't Die
Anthony Blunt and the Cambridge Spies
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The Merovingian Mythos: Its Symbolic Significance, and its Roots in the Ancient Kingdom of Atlantis
The Cross of Lorraine: Emblem of the Royal Secret
Lucifer's Children: The Grail Bloodline and the Descendants of Cain
The Real Tomb of God: The Grail, the Ark, the Emerald Tablet, and the Forgotten Father of Mankind
The Real Meaning of "Et in Arcadia Ego"
The Celestial Sea and the Ark of Heaven
Europa and the Sea Bull
Hiram, King of Tyre
Monarchy: The Primordial Form of Government, and its Roots in the "Lord of the Earth" Concept
Dead But Dreaming: The Great Old Ones of Lovecraftian Legend Reinterpreted as Atlantean Kings
Jean Cocteau: Man of the Twentieth Century
The Prophet: The Secret of the Statue of Jean Cocteau
Sleeping Beauty and the Sacred Mountain: House of God, Gateway to Heaven
Omega and Genesis: Underground Cities, the Deluge, and the Holy Mountain Hypothesesis
The Cutting of the Orm: The Golden Age Calendar and the New Cabala
The Tower of Babel: Vessel of God and Ark of His Preservation (and the Secret of the Original Language Which It Contained)
The Occult Roots of Christianity
The Divine Couple
Giants on the Earth
Chaldean Genesis: The Secret Legacy of the Architect-Priests
The Daughter of God: The Real Story of Joan of Arc
Vaincre: The United States of Europe and the Merovingian Master Plan
Call Me Ishmael: The Biblical Roots of the Persian Gulf Conflict
Et in Arcadia Ego...
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Why are the descendants of Cain ashamed?.......2007-10-03
This book is packed with information that is, in a timely manner, being revealed now. Its not often that one hears anyone confess to being a 'nephilim'. One of the authors even went as far as to say that a man's position in social and economic heirachies is directly proportional to the quotient of nephilim blood in your veins. Funny I seem to remember a quote by Jesus in the bible about the children of this world being smarter than his own children. In this light maybe a Christian reading the bible ought to look at the word 'seed' or children from a more literal point of view. It seems the Catholic church and the dagobertians(nephilim)? have a common interest, after all... in keeping this truth a secret. The catholics motives are easily discernable, the more bums on pew seats, the more donations and power, control etc, but what would be the dagobertians motive all this time?
Certain books come with certain energies. If you are a christian and you are curious, but then become uncomfortable by not necessarily its contents but the "energies" that come with the book, it maybe not too soon or late, to get rid of it. The energies are synchronous with the information it reveals and the agenda it ultimately seeks, which again is from a dagobertians point of view. I was prompted to give this review by amazon.
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“NEVER TRUST ANYONE UNDER SEVENTY-FIVE!”
That’s the motto of the Gladdy Gold Detective Agency. Don’t laugh: having solved a case of serial murder, Gladdy and her eccentric neighbors are building their reputation between canasta games and pool exercises–hunting down everything from lost pocketbooks to missing octogenarians. And when a jealous woman sets them after her wayward husband, and a flasher strikes their retirement complex, two seemingly unrelated cases collide with a third: a series of dastardly murders targeting Florida’s wealthiest wives.
But when the girls win tickets for a luxury bingo cruise, they hit the jackpot. Because this ship is carrying not only Florida’s fiercest bingo competitors but also a killer–and it’s up to Gladdy and her friends to stop him before one of them becomes his next victim….
Customer Reviews:
Mature? detectives.......2007-08-20
I have now read three Gladdy Gold books, and I have like them all. I hope Rita Lakin keeps on with this series. The protagonists live in a middle class retiremnt condominium complex in Florida. Her friends, for entertainment purposes, are caricatures of people we know. Lakin puts a character list at the beginning, which I always like in a book, as I am close to the age of her characters and could use a memory boost myself.
The covers of the books (I admit, not particularly relevant to content) unfortunately show a slim gray haired woman with a preppy haircut. The characters in this book are not preppy.
Another fun Gladdy book!.......2006-11-14
Rita Lakin delivers again. This book is a fun little ditty that will definitely brighten up a winter weekend. I got a chuckle out of the reviewers who think people in their 70's might not have the energy to live Gladdy's life. Just like size 12 is the new size 6, many 70-year-olds live the lifestyle that used to be reserved for smart, engaged, 50-year-olds. Rita's books are a celebration of elders with real lives and the capacity to enjoy them, but the celebration is wrapped up in a funny little story to help us remember not to take ourselves too seriously. Gladdy and her confidants have the bumps and foibles of real people--and, dear reviewer-who-came-before-me, most real people do have petty moments. The people worth spending time with at any age also have moments of insight, wit, and kindness to each other. Mature friendships are about tolerance for the petty moments in recognition of the pleasure of trusted company, loyalty, and some fun together. Rita Lakin entertains wonderfully, with light-handed reminders about what matters. She writes so well, this book skips along and is a pleasure to read.
Fun Read.......2006-11-05
Very enjoyable book. My 84-year-old mother enjoyed it, too. We can't wait for the next one.
Entertaining.......2006-08-13
Very Entertaining. Quick read that keeps you turning pages, hard to put down.
WANTED TO LOVE IT.......2006-07-23
WHILE READING THE REVIEWS, I WAS STRUCK BY THE TONE OF "MYSFAN"'S CRITIQUE OF ANOTHERS REVIEW. SHE MADE IT SOUND LIKE IF YOU DIDN'T LOVE THIS BOOK, SOMEHOW YOU HATED THE ELDERLY OR SOMETHING. FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, WHAT WAS IN FACT DISAPPOINTING ABOUT THIS NOVEL WAS THAT IT DIDN'T LIVE UP TO WHAT I HAD HOPED WOULD BE A SMART, LIGHT-HEARTED MURDER MYSTERY. INSTEAD, I FOUND IT TIRESOME AND SO VERY PREDICTIBLE. FOR STARTERS, I ENJOY STORIES ABOUT OLDER FOLKS. THROW IN THE FACT THAT IT'S JEWISH LADIES, WHO ARE SUPPOSE TO BE SLEUTHS, OUTSMARTING THE KNOW-IT-ALL-POLICE, IT HAD ME HOOKED AT THE DESCRIPTION ALONE. ONCE I STARTED READING IT, I WAS FLOORED BY THE PETTY, SELFISH, AND CHILDISH PERSONALITIES OF EVERY CHARACTER, MINUS THE MENFOLK AND BELLA. WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANY ONE CHARACTER'S PERSONALITY AND THE NEXT? OH, I KNOW; IDA WAS TWICE AS BITCY AS SOHPIA, EVIE, GLADY, AND EVERY OTHER OLD BIDDY IN THE COMPLEX. PERHAPS I'M OUT OF THE LOOP AT 38 YEARS OLD AND I AM IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENING WHEN AND IF I SURPASS THE SIXTY YEAR MARK. ARE ALL OLD LADIES THIS UPTIGHT AND/OR SELF-CENTERED? WHEN I LOOK BACK ON MY TWENTIES, I THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE I KNOW NOW, AND HOW EASIER IT IS TO DEAL WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND THEIR ISSUES. I WAS OPTIMISTICALLY THINKING THAT BY THE TIME I'M OLD, I'M GOING TO BE THIS GREAT HUMAN BEING WHO CAN BE FREE OF ANY OF THOSE OLD AWFUL BEHAVIORS. NOW THIS BOOK HAS BE WORRIED. AT WHAT POINT AM I GOING TO START DIGRESSING BACK TO MY ME-OBSESSED TEEN YEARS? UGG! IT'S ALL SO DISCONCERTING. MY NEWLY FORMED FEARS ASIDE, I THOUGHT THE PLOT WAS JUST FINE FOR WHAT I HAD BOUGHT INTO, EXCEPT THAT GLADY AND HER SUPPOSED "LESS INTELLIGENT THAN HER" SUPER SLEUTHS COULDN'T PICK UP ON A CLUE IF IT HIT THEM ON THE HEAD. WHERE WAS THE "OLDER IS BETTER" MESSAGE THAT THE INTRO QUOTES SEEMED TO BE IMPLYING? WHAT KIND OF POLICE OFFICERS WORK IN FLORIDA, ANYHOW? ILLITERATE SIMPLETONS? NOBODY GIVES AUTOPSIES, ESPECIALLY TO MIDDLE-AGED, WEALTHLY/HEALTHY WOMEN? BELIEVABLE PERHAPS IF THIS YARN TOOK PLACE IN THE 1970'S OR SOMETHING, BUT COME ON....IT'S 2005 IN THE STORY. ALL I WANTED FOR MY TIME WAS A SLIGHTLY BELIEVABLE BEACH READ, WITH INTERESTING, SHARP-WITTED CHARACTERS PURSUING BAD GUYS. WHAT I GOT INSTEAD WAS A HEADACHE AND A GLIMPSE INTO THE NOT SO BRIGHT FUTURE THAT AWAITS ME.
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Lyle Johnson is a hot and handsome Wall Street investment banker with no intention of settling down. His new partner is Tess Aventura Dubois-recently widowed and bequeathed a multi-million-dollar fortune. What she's investing in now is interest in Lyle, who can afford to share her luxurious lifestyle-if she can keep from him her deepest, darkest secret...
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A - Book.......2007-08-01
This book was well worth the read. Much better than the prequel Revenge is best served cold. This novel is action packed from beginning to end and "Tyrone"...you won't be able to get enough of him. Fast paced with lots of twists that moves you right along with the books. Just enough characters ...not too many things going on at once but no chance of boredom with the characters illustrated. Also the author did an excellent job of keeping Dakota and Morgan in the background (they were the main characters in the first novel)giving just enough attention to them so that prequel readers know what happens to them w/o dwelling on them as main characters. Get the book especially since it has been out for a few years and I am sure you can get it at a really cheap price.
Carter and Howard Redeem Themselves.......2007-07-24
As far as I am concerned anyway, I was really disappointed in the first book. All of the name dropping was irritating, and I was looking for this book to be the same, but it was so much better.Tyrone was at it again and it was interesting to see what he was up to this time and how he would get caught or get out of it. This book can be read without reading the first book, (wish I had known that before I bought it.) I hope the next installment is even better.
Not a Bad Afternoon Read.......2005-03-23
These authors (unlike some others) do a good job of combining their writing styles and thoughts and come together to write "Success..."
This book captures the exploits of Tyrone AKA Contessa Aventura. Tess is a cross dressing gold-digger whose past catches up with her in the worst way. There is also a love story or two thrown in here. Not to mention the ever-present and all too tired story line that includes reconciliation of a jail-bird brother with his widly successful younger brother.
By the way, these authors mentioned that they wanted to show African-Americans in a positive light, well "drug-dealing to feed the family cause the daddy walked out" didn't do it for me.
All in all, not a bad read and I finished it in one day.
Kristy Phillips
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Can They Possibly Go Wrong?.......2004-09-02
For those who know, the flamboyant Tyrone is at it again! For those who don't...start from the very beginning with Tracie Howard and Danita Carter's first book "Revenge Is Best Served Cold". Once again the duo of diversity has cleverly blended the elegance of high-powered living and the gritty lifestyle of the streets. Although not as dramatic as its predecessor, "Talk of the Town", "Success Is the Best Revenge" still holds its own. Sit back and relax as the leading characters bump into each other's lives causing controversy, greed and love (yes!), all boiled into one book. You won't be able to put it down!
A trending tale of urban upper class, told with style!.......2004-06-05
This book is an elegant example of urban class. So many books illustrate lower class black society and never touch on black middle and upper class. This book is an eloquently written contradiction to the ghetto concrete jungle, low moral, lack of respect, education, class, family values and self esteem, portrade in too many other black books. Their were no drive-by's, baby mamas and cheap liquor in this book, just sheer elagance in its most dramatic form. The characters in this book could have been any race and that's what I love the most about this book!
Book Description
In nineteen finely honed, deftly realized short stories, Rebecca Rule crafts with gentle wit and striking clarity a conglomeration of sometimes ragtag but always appealing small-town denizens, each of whom squares off against a nemesis of a singular sort. With an eye for the signature detail, an ear for the rhythms of regional speech, and a strong feel for the nuances of rural culture, Rule maintains a fine balance between humor and pathos that prompted National Book Award winner Thomas Williams to comment, "Cold honesty gleams from every careful sentence."
Twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Rule captures the essence of small-town New England life as she paints with a sure hand the fallings-out and friendships, the trials and triumphs of the New England microcosm. In "Yankee Curse," elderly Miranda knits placidly at a town meeting, pondering an amazing string of unspoken invective against an enemy but stopping short at "a curse she would never levy, not even on Mort Wallace: to live too long." In "Minna Runs for Selectman," a middle-aged woman's battlefield is "the strange, incestuous politics of this eccentric little town" but her real opponent is her own insecurity. In "Jim's Boat" a young couple wages a silent struggle over priorities in their marriage; in "Fishing with George" a small girl worries that "there's a hole in our family that gets bigger every time" her parents argue; and in the title story a mother copes with a hated neighbor through a sculpture that "makes her laugh the kind of laugh that doesn't end in a sob." Children and grandmothers, trappers and college professors, lifetime Yankees or transplanted Flatlanders: each finds the truth in Rule's observation that "revenge takes many forms -- some of which can heal."
Customer Reviews:
Gems of form and feeling.......2004-07-19
Although I have long enjoyed Rebecca Rule's newspaper column on New Hampshire writers, I had never read any of her fiction (having somehow missed "Wood Heat" in 1992 and the hardcover printing of this collection, 1995). My loss. Rule's incisive, earthy prose captures the spirit and daily grind of small-town rural life with affection and humor, devoid of sentimentality.
Her characters are mostly natives who go back at least a couple of generations. They hunt, trap and fish, attend library committee and selectmen's meetings, bring up kids and fight with their spouses, usually about money. These are regular people. There are no drunkards, wife beaters or down-and-outs. When couples wrangle, you feel for both of them. Piercingly, you feel the anxiety of their children.
Many of Rule's characters strike an instant chord of recognition. The sour-tempered, know-it-all naysayer, Mort Wallace, who's got nothing better to do but waste everyone else's time cranking away at every public meeting. In "Yankee Curse" Mort absorbs the unspoken but imaginative curses of his neighbor Miranda Coffey who knits her way through a School District Meeting: "May your neighbors steal from your wood pile, Mort Wallace." "May a rat die between the studs of your bedroom wall." Or the grouchy lakefront neighbor who guards her turf by making her newcomer neighbors miserable in "The Best Revenge." There's more than one in every town.
Some stories are delightfully lighthearted. "Lindy Lowe at Bat," one of the few stories told in the third person, is a warmhearted tale of Little League baseball, the adult undercurrents on the sidelines, and a girl's determination. Dryly humorous, "The Widow and the Trapper," narrated by the flinty trapper, follows the surprising journey of a blossoming relationship, set against a background of trout, loons and human coexistence with nature.
But the most gripping stories are those dealing with family tensions and troubles. And the most gripping of those are the ones narrated by children. The troubles of their parents loom large and scary. Within the framework of rescuing a small cat from a tall tree in "Three," Rule evokes a time of grief, calamity, and anxiety for the future, culminating in a moment when a child puts herself in danger because bad things come in three and the thought of "the third bad thing" happening to her mother is unbearable.
Adults are often scary to the children who love and depend upon them. In "Walking the Trapline," the father is a man (like many of the men in these stories) who does what he wants and abides no backtalk from anyone. Though the narrator's younger brother is expected to learn about the trapline from age 9, less is expected of her. "He allowed me to come along when the weather was fine and the dishes done." The story, following a long, cold day on the trapline, focuses on the shifting family dynamics as the children band together for comfort and companionship, but defect into small betrayals in competition for their father's approval.
A day's fishing with her crusty grandfather is fraught with anxiety for the narrator of "Peach Baby Food Sandwiches" who awaits lunchtime with dread. Though the old man had consulted her about the peach baby food sandwich, his diatribe concerning her usual diet made it clear the consultation was rhetorical only. "I said no more on the subject but watched in quiet horror as he laid out sandwich makings on the scrubbed-pine table." The story is laugh-out-loud funny, but her fear and dread of an adult's explosive anger is palpable.
Rule's stories are beautifully crafted. Her situations are recognizable, often ordinary. A man whose family has been living in a cellar hole for four years buys a boat, "though he knew Phoebe had the money spent, though he knew she'd pop a gasket when she found out (maybe even because he knew)." A woman who decides to run for selectman, against her husband's wishes. A woman coping with a miscarriage by walking in the woods, in the footsteps of her dead great-grandmother.
The core of the characters' inner lives, expectations and background emerge seamlessly from the setting and situation. Each story is a small gem, a complete world in microcosm. These are classic stories, full of New England flavor, wit and subtlety.
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